The Maine Basketball Rankings Podcast

A podcast about all things related to Maine high school basketball. Hosted by Lucas McNelly, the basketball data nerd behind MaineBasketballRankings.com

The Maine Basketball Rankings Podcast is a sports podcast hosted by Maine Basketball Rankings, with 78 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Maine Basketball Rankings hosts The Maine Basketball Rankings Podcast, a sports show with 78 episodes published.

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  Westbrook Starts Their Title Defense (with Sam Johnson)

  Sep 2, 20261h 18m

  One of the surprise teams from last football season was the Westbrook Blue Blazes, who seemingly came out of nowhere to capture their first-ever state title in football with a dominant win over Cony. So to kick off the new season, Westbrook head coach Sam Johnson joined the podcast to go behind the scenes on that epic season and how the groundwork for that was laid years earlier. Subscribe to Maine Basketball Rankings: https://www.mainebasketballrankings.com/#/portal

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  The Boys Mostly-Too-Early Preseason Poll

  Aug 26, 20261h 34m

  Back in May, Jay Baines and I recorded the Way-Too-Early Preseason Basketball Poll and then, since it was only May, put it on the shelf. Well now it's overdue! So in two parts: Monday was the Girls Mostly-Too-Early Preseason Poll and today is the boys and then it's full-on football until November. Subscribe to Maine Basketball Rankings: ⁠https://www.mainebasketballrankings.com/#/portal⁠

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  The Girls Mostly-Too-Early Preseason Poll

  Aug 23, 20261h 26m

  Back in May, Jay Baines and I recorded the Way-Too-Early Preseason Basketball Poll and then, since it was only May, put it on the shelf. Well now it's overdue! So in two parts: today it's the Girls Mostly-Too-Early Preseason Poll and Thursday we'll do the boys and then it's full-on football until November. Subscribe to Maine Basketball Rankings: https://www.mainebasketballrankings.com/#/portal Gear (affiliate links) Green Screen: https://amzn.to/3Iiodki Lighting: https://amzn.to/4n7cNzc Microphone: https://amzn.to/47ekYEa Webcam: https://amzn.to/464U4y0

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  Shut up and Dribble

  Aug 19, 20261h 10m

  I got some predictable pushback for posting about the Biddeford ICE tragedy on social media and it got me thinking about the intersection of politics and sports. So this week's episode is a bit of a departure. Mike Shepherd of the Bangor Daily News joins me to talk about Maine's political climate, the choices that determine how the BDN covers it, and how it's impossible to separate sports and politics.

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  Midnight Madness 2026

  Aug 17, 20261h 44m

  Midnight Madness kicks off the Fall Sports season and for the second year in a row, Maine High School Football's Andrew Hart and I went live from Morse's Midnight Madness event to talk about the upcoming football season.

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